Follow-Up on Yesterday's Article about Recounts

I won't rehash all of my article yesterday about the push for manual recounts of presidential balloting in three key states...you can easily access it if you want.  But since then there have been some developments...

First of all, I don't know why it took folks this long after the election to get a recount campaign going...there are deadlines within those states after which the election results are certified.  It isn't as if the suspicion of Russian interference in the election was something new.  Jill Stein of the Green Party, who started the recount ball rolling with her initiative in Wisconsin, is now threatening to sue that state after officials there authorized the recount...but with manual recounts only optional.  Which of course naturally misses the point entirely.  If they're going to tabulate the results again using the same machines, how will that address any questions about the hacking of voting software?  Also, Wisconsin is stating that it will be hard-pressed for time with this recount, only having 12 days starting on December 1.  I don't get this, either...especially if they're not going to do a manual recount.  After all, it only took a few hours on election night to supposedly get 100% of the total counted the first time around...

And now our thin-skinned, blustering president-elect has jumped into the fray, claiming on his Twitter account that "millions" voted illegally, especially in New Hampshire, Virginia, and California...and that he actually did win the popular vote.  Not a shred of evidence has yet been provided to back up his claims.  Are we going to have to put up with this method of expression from our president for the next four to eight years?  Groan...

It should have been the Clinton campaign's role to promote and raise the money for these recounts, but they are finally coming on board...although it may be a case of too little too late.  Kudos to Jill Stein for standing up for our electoral system and the right for our votes to be accurately counted...shame on Wisconsin for not making a manual recount mandatory.  And I have long run out of words to describe what I feel about our incoming president...